Lockind Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Hearing in the US recently about all of the high-publicity cases. How do Thai police compare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DP25 Posted December 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2014 No. A corpse can't go to the ATM. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Thai Police ... much, much worse then in the USA. Lockind ... stay in the UK ... much safer there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Thai Police ... much, much worse then in the USA. Lockind ... stay in the UK ... much safer there. Nonsense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cylon Posted December 11, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted December 11, 2014 In shoot outs they tend to shoot themselves or their colleagues 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 "Are Thai police trigger happy". No....they have to pay for their own ammunition....................................... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitsubishi Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Well down in Phuket a farang once told me he saw off-duty Thai cops (in plain clothes) blasting away at a robber running down the street. Farangs were jumping left and right to get out of the firing line. This is going back a few years though (1990s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I have a hard time really knowing who the policemen are, some dress in tailored uniforms others dress like bums. From photos published daily with the captured criminals it looks like a 50/50 mix. None are real impressive with handling of weapons that i have observed (shooting range). I did have the unpleasant experience of walking past a police station one new years at midnight. I was quite familar with the sound of rounds passing close enough to hear and this bunch were not shooting at the moon/stars. now I can not swear they were policemen but I have always blamed them for a part of my disgust with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdanielmcev Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Why are you asking? You plan on criminal activity? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony5 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Yeah they like to shoot, mostly themselves in the foot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 They have to pay for their own guns and ammo so they are very frugal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonjake Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 In shoot outs they tend to shoot themselves or their colleagues and the yanks never do this,,,, they would never drop bombs on there own men,,,, i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 The Thai Police ... much, much worse then in the USA. Lockind ... stay in the UK ... much safer there. Nonsense Mate, he's just probably bored Back in July, 5 months ago, he penned ... the-end-of-corruption-am-i-the-only-one-who-will-miss-it Lots of people despise nanny states. Although corruption is not a direct antonym, most countries that we would consider intrinsically corrupt are a world away from western democracies. I don't know about you, but that's why I'm here, to escape bureaucracy. Undoubtedly the changes imposed by the Junta so far will make life better for the average Thai person, part of me applauds that. If this continues long-term (big if), from a selfish point of view I would find it stale, dull, uninteresting, and it would be harder to get things accomplished. I like to think of life as a game, and those who play the system best, profit most; I like that ideology. When it's dog eat dog the fittest will thrive. Who said law and order is a prerequisite to happiness and soulful enlightenment, anyway? . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, I've seen a Thai policeman take out his gun and hand it over to a bar girl because she asked to look at it. Never saw a yank cop do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benalibina Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, I've seen a Thai policeman take out his gun and hand it over to a bar girl because she asked to look at it. Never saw a yank cop do that. But but.....maybe the bargirl was his wife.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manarak Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 I think Thai police is often too soft in certain situations where they should better shoot and kill the offender rather than try to arrest and risk everybody's lives, including the lives of those that will later be exposed to the criminal when he comes out of prison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, I've seen a Thai policeman take out his gun and hand it over to a bar girl because she asked to look at it. Never saw a yank cop do that. But but.....maybe the bargirl was his wife.... Or his Mia noi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkungbank Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Police here are quite friendly, you can see on road block they solute you then asking for driving licence . You never see in States where they seldom use gun as you know some big cases in States where a boy get killed for playing a toy gun . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 In shoot outs they tend to shoot themselves or their colleagues and the yanks never do this,,,, they would never drop bombs on there own men,,,, i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, How much time have you spent in the US? I've never seen a US policeman take his gun out. In the country with the world's 3rd largest population, there will be more of many things. But I've never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 It has to do with training. The Thai police have very little firearms training when they are first appointed and very little or no "in service" training after they have been in service for a while I mean, if they have one of Chalerm son's (the one who got off for killing a cop in a bar) working at the police firearms range, how good could their fire arms training be source: http://bangkokdave.blog.com/2012/08/07/chalerm-son-still-the-untouchables/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannarebirth Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Hearing in the US recently about all of the high-publicity cases. How do Thai police compare? About the same as far as acting with impunity except when the Thai police shoot someone they shouldn't have there is much less publicity and no judicial follow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kudel Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 On travels to USA seen some real beafcake police officers who would definatly not pas a drugtest in a body building contest but they need such body's to arrest drug dealers apparently ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 The Thai Police ... much, much worse then in the USA. Lockind ... stay in the UK ... much safer there. Thai police is corrupt, but I only saw them friendly and in no way aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I think many would be too buddhist to even think about using it and Ive never seen any taken out..........but I dont get out much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdrwdrwd Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, I've seen a Thai policeman take out his gun and hand it over to a bar girl because she asked to look at it. Never saw a yank cop do that. I've been handed a gun to take a look at by a Thai copper during a drinking session in the past. Just to clarify, I'm not a bar girl so unless you were blind drunk it's probably a different occasion. Edited December 12, 2014 by rwdrwdrwd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 i think the yanks are far far far more trigger happy then thai police, ive never seen one take there gun out,,, I've seen a Thai policeman take out his gun and hand it over to a bar girl because she asked to look at it. Never saw a yank cop do that. Well a yank cop wouldn't hang around in the bar, at least not in uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Police here equal Business you ever get stopped and asked for 500-1000 bht. That never happened to me in the states. They are paid little so have to make money by policing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 There are plenty of instances of Thais shooting Falungs but I've never heard of a cop shooting one. Cops have to buy their own firearms which they get under the Sawatee Ganh scheme which means the get around 50% discount (still 50k Baht plus) but can't sell the gun for five years. So what a lot of them do is buy the gun then pawn it and keep it pristine until they can sell it. That's why you see most cops carrying very aged weapons and some of them are even BB guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 COUGH ... Anyone see the OP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baa_Mango Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 if they had free guns and bullets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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